Bayt al-mal (public treasury)

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Bayt al-mal (public treasury) was the central financial institution of the early Islamic state, responsible for collecting and managing public revenues and distributing them for communal welfare and state needs.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Bayt al-mal (public treasury) canonical 2
bayt al-mal 2
Bayt al-mal 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic institution ⓘ
financial institution ⓘ
public treasury ⓘ
state institution ⓘ
appliesLaw Islamic law ⓘ
Sharia-based fiscal rules ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Islam ⓘ
beneficiaries Muslim community ⓘ
protected non-Muslim subjects (dhimmis) ⓘ
collects fay ⓘ
jizya ⓘ
kharaj ⓘ
sadaqa ⓘ
spoils of war ⓘ
zakat ⓘ
disbursesFor judicial administration ⓘ
maintenance of infrastructure ⓘ
military expenditures ⓘ
needy travelers ⓘ
orphans ⓘ
poor relief ⓘ
public works ⓘ
salaries of state officials ⓘ
widows ⓘ
geographicScope territories of the early Islamic state ⓘ
governedBy caliphal decrees ⓘ
juristic opinions (fiqh) ⓘ
hasFunction collection of public revenues ⓘ
distribution of public funds ⓘ
financing communal welfare ⓘ
financing state needs ⓘ
management of public revenues ⓘ
hasPurpose ensuring equitable distribution of wealth ⓘ
funding governance ⓘ
supporting the Muslim community (ummah) ⓘ
hasRole central financial institution of the early Islamic state ⓘ
historicalPeriod 7th century CE and later ⓘ
languageOfName Arabic ⓘ
literalMeaning house of wealth ⓘ
operatedUnder Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Rashidun Caliphate ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
relatedConcept Islamic public finance ⓘ
Islamic welfare system ⓘ
zakat administration ⓘ
supervisedBy appointed financial officials ⓘ
caliph ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Umar ibn al-Khattab → introducedInstitution → Bayt al-mal (public treasury) ⓘ
Diwan (state register) → relatedConcept → Bayt al-mal ⓘ
linked to: Bayt al-mal (public treasury)
Fay (non-battle war gains) → relatedTo → Bayt al-mal (public treasury) ⓘ
Abbasid administration → hasOffice → sahib al-bayt al-mal ⓘ
linked to: Bayt al-mal (public treasury)
Abbasid administration → hasPart → bayt al-mal ⓘ
linked to: Bayt al-mal (public treasury)
al-fay' → isRelatedConcept → bayt al-mal ⓘ
linked to: Bayt al-mal (public treasury)